Tweet One of our ecommerce ShopSite merchants was recently featured on Good Morning America’s Deals and Steals segment. This feature on GMA highlights products with steep discounts, and is very popular across the United States. It often results in tens of thousands of visitors in a short period of time, and hundreds to thousands of […]

Tweet There you are, diligently working on your developement / demo account, getting close to launching your brand new ecommerce site. You get an order that doesn’t look right. Upon investigating, you find that the order was not placed through your live site, but was placed on your development site! You quickly search google for […]

Tweet According to eMarketer, U.S. retail ecommerce sales from mobile devices should reach $9.8 billion in November and December of this year, accounting for 16% of the ecommerce market.  By 2017…  that number could jump to a staggering 26%!!! In this post, we’ll review some of the mobile ecommerce reports currently available in Google Analytics.  […]

Tweet It’s a question we are often asked: How did someone buy my product when it’s out of stock? It’s easy to miss a setting when configuring inventory levels for a product, so in this post we’re going to highlight where the values are and what to check when a product sells when you don’t […]

Tweet Here are four top articles for the month of September. From dealing with Google’s *huge* change for SEO keywords, to ways to improve your ecommerce cart and search, I’m sure something will resonate with you and help make this holiday shopping season more productive… TOP PICK: Google (Not Provided) Keywords: 10 Ways to Get […]

Tweet Competition for holiday sales is always a difficult task and this year will be no exception. Here’s a look at some early ecommerce projections for the 2013 Holiday season: Practical Ecommerce Projection: U.S. Retail Ecommerce Sales Will Grow More than 15 Percent http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/58511-6-Ecommerce-Predictions-for-the-2013-Holidays eMarketer Projection: U.S. web shoppers will spend $61.8 billion in November […]

Tweet ShopSite has a powerful product options feature, especially after the addition of Advanced Options, but sometimes users don’t know it’s there or find it confusing when first trying it out.  In this post we’re going to highlight the feature and point out a few hints and tips for first time users. Basic Ordering Options […]

Tweet If you use real-time shipping rates in your shopping cart, it’s crucial to know when these shipping APIs are down. One of these systems being down / slow can also bring down your ordering system, confuse customers, and result in lost sales. You need to know the moment FedEx, UPS, or USPS are down, […]

Tweet Rich Pins allow merchants to share additional details about their products with Pinterest users.  Similar to a Google Product Listing Ad, the Rich Pin contains product attributes, such as Title, Brand, UPC, Description, Price, URL and Availability.  A comprehensive list of supported attributes can be found at: http://developers.pinterest.com/rich_pins/ When pinners find something they love […]

Tweet I can’t believe the summer is already winding down. Kids are back to school, the heat is letting up, and the holiday shopping season is about to begin… Here are a few good reads to start getting ready for your upcoming busy online sales time: TOP PICK: 5 Lessons Learned from 100,000 Usability Studies […]